MUMBAI, India, Jan. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202417073249 A) filed by Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd., Hyogo, Japan, on Sept. 27, 2024, for 'belt mechanism provided in bicycle continuously variable transmission.'

Inventor(s) include Yanagihara Kazuhito; and Takano Keiji.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 31, under issue no. 05/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a belt mechanism provided in a bicycle continuously variable transmission including a drive pulley and a driven pulley each configured from a pair of sheaves that can be moved toward and away from one another in the direction of an axis of rotation, a...